吹 meaning in English

chuī

to blow; to play a wind instrument

HSK 2verb7 strokes

Meaning of 吹

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuī

to blow
to play a wind instrument
to blast
to puff
to boast
to brag
to end in failure
to fall through

How to use 吹

吹 is used for blowing air, wind blowing, and playing wind instruments, as in 吹口哨 (chuī kǒushào, to whistle). It also means to brag, as in 吹牛 (chuīniú). Example: 外面风吹得很大。(Wàimiàn fēng chuī de hěn dà.) The wind is blowing hard outside.

吹 (chuī) puts a mouth 口 next to 欠, a shape that looks like a person with an open mouth breathing out. Picture someone puffing air from their mouth to blow out a candle.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 炊 (chuī, to cook) instead, which has the fire radical 火 instead of the mouth 口. Both are read chuī, so check the left side: blowing uses the mouth.

吹 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

台tái风fēng吹chuī毁huǐ了le很hěn多duō房fáng屋wū。

Not a few houses were destroyed by the typhoon.

我wǒ吹chuī次cì中zhōng音yīn萨sà克kè斯sī风fēng。

I play the tenor saxophone.

他tā的de帽mào子zi给gěi强qiáng风fēng吹chuī走zǒu了le。

He had his hat blown off by the strong wind.

你nǐ吹chuī风fēng机jī带dài来lái了le吗ma？

Did you bring a hair dryer?

她tā的de帽mào子zi被bèi风fēng吹chuī掉diào了le。

She had her hat blown off by the wind.

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吹 chuī · to blow · 7 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 吹.

吹牛	chuīniú	to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
吹捧	chuīpěng	to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments
吹了	chuī le	failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died
吹箫	chuīxiāo	to play the xiao 簫\|箫[xiao1], a vertical bamboo flute; (literary) to beg on the streets (ab
吹口哨	chuīkǒushào	to whistle
吹嘘	chuīxū	to brag
吹喇叭	chuīlǎba	(lit.) blowing the trumpet; (fig.) to praise sb
鼓吹	gǔchuī	to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
吹气	chuīqì	to blow air (into)
吹奏	chuīzòu	to play (wind instruments)
吹风	chuīfēng	to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow a
吹毛求疵	chuīmáoqiúcī	lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidi

Questions about 吹

What does 吹 mean?

吹 (chuī) means "to blow; to play a wind instrument" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 吹?

吹 is made of 1 character: 吹 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 吹 an HSK word?

Yes. 吹 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What does 吹了 mean when people talk about relationships or plans?

吹了 (chuī le) is casual slang for something falling through. 他们俩吹了 means the couple broke up, and 这个计划吹了 means the plan fell apart.

How do you say to blow-dry your hair with 吹?

Use 吹头发 (chuī tóufa), to blow-dry hair. A hair dryer is 吹风机 (chuīfēngjī).